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Undercover Policing Inquiry — 26 mentions in Parliament since May 2016

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Written Ministerial Statement Lords
29 Jun 2023
Undercover Policing Inquiry: Tranche 1 Interim Report
Lord Sharpe of Epsom Conservative → Home Office

My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Suella Braverman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today the Undercover Policing Inquiry has published its first report. The Inquiry was established in 2015 to inqu...

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Home Office My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Suella Braverman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today the Undercover Policing Inquiry has published its first report. The Inquiry was established in 2015 to inqu... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
28 Nov 2022
Police: Surveillance
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Green Party → Home Office

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the list of 1,192 affiliated and organisational groups mentioned in Special Demonstration Squad documentation, which was collated by the Metropolitan Police Service Inquiry and Revie

Government answer
Home Office The Inquiry is independent of the Home Office, and its independence is crucial to its effectiveness. It would not, therefore, be appropriate for the Government to comment on or intervene in the Inquiry’s decision-making.The Inquiry is responsible for deci... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
08 Jun 2021
Peers: Surveillance
Lord Balfe Conservative → Home Office

To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they intend to make for members of the House of Lords named as having MI5 files in the course of the Undercover Policing Inquiry to see those files.

Government answer
Home Office The Undercover Policing Inquiry is independent of the Home Office, and its independence is crucial to its effectiveness.Disclosure is a matter for the Inquiry. Safeguarding the independence of the Inquiry is of paramount importance and it would not genera... Read full answer →
Hansard Debate Lords
14 Apr 2021
Undercover Policing Inquiry

Lords Chamber

Written Question Lords
18 Jan 2021
Police
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Green Party → Home Office

To ask Her Majesty's Government which (1) political, and (2) campaigning, organisations have been (a) monitored, and (b) infiltrated, by police, or at the direction of police, since 1991.

Government answer
Home Office Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act provides the police with the power to authorise surveillance and covert human intelligence sources where it is necessary for one of the statutory purposes (i.e. the prevention and detection of crime) an... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
18 Jan 2021
Police
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Green Party → Home Office

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) political, and (2) campaigning, organisations have been (a) monitored, and (b) infiltrated, by police, or at the direction of police, since 1991.

Government answer
Home Office Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act provides the police with the power to authorise surveillance and covert human intelligence sources where it is necessary for one of the statutory purposes (i.e. the prevention and detection of crime) an... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
08 Dec 2020
Undercover Policing Inquiry
Lord Moylan Conservative → Home Office

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Undercover Policing Inquiry to make its final report; what has been the cost of that inquiry to date; and what the final cost of that inquiry is expected to be.

Government answer
Home Office The Undercover Policing Inquiry was established in 2015, to investigate undercover deployments conducted by police forces in England and Wales since 1968 and was expected to report within three years.In May 2018, the Undercover Policing Inquiry published ... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
26 Mar 2018
Association of Chief Police Officers: Consulting Association
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Green Party → Home Office

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has had access to intelligence on trade unionists provided by Special Branch or undercover officers; and whether ACPO has sold (1) any such information, and (2) other

Government answer
Home Office The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has ceased operating. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) has assumed some of ACPO’s functions. The NPCC is an independent organisation and is a core participant in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. The... Read full answer →
Written Question Lords
26 Mar 2018
Undercover Policing Inquiry
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Green Party → Home Office

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) the Home Office, and (2) the Metropolitan Police Service, intend to provide position statements to the Mitting Inquiry, setting out (a) their respective responsibilities for undercover policing, (b) their assess

Government answer
Home Office The Undercover Policing Inquiry was set up by the then Home Secretary to inquire into and report on undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England and Wales since 1968. Under the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference, this inc... Read full answer →
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